Suspects In Burglary Caught

February 6, 1987|Staff reports

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Four Miami men suspected of taking 269 cartons of cigarettes during a convenience store burglary were arrested early Thursday because one of them couldn`t bear to leave a $5 bill behind, police said.

The bill in the cash drawer set off a silent alarm.

Police said the men are suspects in a recent series of ``smash and grab`` burglaries. They were caught by police after they fled the Majik Market in the 2700 block of Southwest 18th Avenue in two cars, officials said.

Police said they found the stolen cigarettes, worth nearly $4,000, in one of the cars. Clifford Earl Holder, 28, his brother, Kenneth, 30, and John Edward Roberts, 18, were charged with burglary and grand theft.

Investigators described the fourth suspect, Wilbert Eugene Adams, 27, as the ringleader.